ELA8+Authors+&+Artists

toc __Flagged for omission 2013-2014***********************************************************__ =Topic= Students will examine the similarities and differences between literary authors and artists. Students will discern the unspoken meaning in literature and art. The unit culminates with a comparison/contrast essay writing.
 * Authors and Artists **

=**Common Core Standards**= Students will: L**.8.5b** Use the relationship of particular words to better understand each of the words.
 * RL.8.2** Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
 * RI.8.5** Analyze in detail the structure of a specific paragraph in a text, including the role of particular sentences in developing and refining a key concept.
 * RI.8.8** Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced.
 * W.8.2** Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
 * SL.8.2** Analyze the purpose of information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and evaluate motives (e.g., social, commercial, political) behind its presentation.
 * L.8.5** Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
 * L.8.6c** Distinguish among the connotations of words with similar denotations.

= Terminology/ Academic Vocabulary =

= = = = =**Suggested Student Objectives**= //**SWBAT:**//
 * Determine an author's point of view in a text, compare it with an artist's perspective in a work of art, and discuss the effect that perspective has on the work;
 * Compare and contrast authors' and artists' motivations for creativity;
 * Conduct research on an artist of choice; define and refine a research question as research proceeds;
 * Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used to describe authors and artists, including figurative and technical vocabulary.

=**Suggested Additional Readings**= //From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler// by e.l. konigsburg
 * Sto****ries**


 * Poetry**

from //A Short Walk Around the Pyramids & Through the World of Art// by Philip M. Isaacson
 * Informational Texts**

from //Norman Rockwell: Storyteller with a Brush// by Beverly Gherman from //Vincent Van Gogh: Portrait of an Artist// by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan from //Mary Cassatt: Portrait of an American Impressionist// by Tom Streissguth from //Artist to Artist: 23 Major Illustrators Talk to Children About Their Art// by Eric Carle, Mitsumasa Anno, and Quentin Blake from //Vincent Van Gogh: Sunflowers and Swirly Stars// by Brad Bucks and Joan Holub from //Henri Matisse: Drawing with Scissors// by Jane O'Connor and Keesia Johnson from //Pablo Picasso: Breaking All the Rules// by True Kelley from //The Lives of Artists// by Giorgio Vasari (excerpt on Michaelangelo or Leonardo) from //Maya Angelou// by L. Patricia Kite from //Incredible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women// by Cornelia Meigs from //Mark Twain// by Susan Bivin Aller from //Bram Stoker: The Man Who Wrote Dracula// by Steven Otfinoski
 * Biography**

“Dead Toreador” by Edouard Manet “Supper at Emmaus” by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio “The Card Players” by Paul Cezanne “Niccolo Mauruzi da Tolentino at the Battle of San Romano” by Paolo Uccello “Fanny/Fingerpainting” by Chuck Close “The Linden Tree” by Sylvia Plimack Mangold
 * Art, Music, and Media**

=**Resource Links**= Smithsonian American Art Museum Collections of artwork and artist interviews from various periods in American history.

“Dead Toreador” by Edouard Manet

“Supper at Emmaus” by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio

“The Card Players” by Paul Cezanne

“Niccolo Mauruzi da Tolentino at the Battle of San Romano” by Paolo Uccello

“Fanny/Fingerpainting” by Chuck Close

“The Linden Tree” by Sylvia Plimack Mangold

=**Activities**= Art/Class Discussion Note-taking on Biographies Research Project/Bio-Poem Research and Informative/Explanatory Writing Informative/Explanatory Writing Literary response Recitation/Fluency Word Study Mechanics/Grammar Wall Vocabulary/Word Wall

=**Assessments**=
 * Informative/Explanatory Essay on an artist of choice
 * Informative/Explanatory Essay in response to the essential question, "How are artists and authors similar?"
 * Grammar and Usage Check
 * Vocabulary Check

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